Automobile repair-truck.



w. SHUEY. AUTOMOBILE REPAIR TRUCK.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 19, 1912.

Patented M31223, 1915.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1- W' m/Shlwy, 'N'VENTO'R ATTORNEY w. SHUEY. AUTOMOBILE REPAIR TRUCK. APPLIOATION FILED OUT. 19, 1912.

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WITNESSES INVENTOR S ATTORNEY v ED STATES rATE ToF IcE.

WILLIAM SHUEY, F WELLSBUR-G, WEST VIRGINIA.

AUTOMOBILE REPAIR-TRUCK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 19; 1912. Serial No. 72 6575.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM SHUEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wellsburg, in the county of Brooke and State of West Virginia, have invented a new and useful Automobile Repair-Truck, of which the following is a specification.

. The invention relates to a repair truck for automobiles, stationary machlnery, etc.

The object of thepresent invention .is to provide a simple, inexpensive and efficient truck, adapted to comfortably support a person while lying beneath an automobile, stationary machinery, or the like when repairing or inspecting the same, and capable of being moved freely by either the hands or feet of a person to change its position, and equipped with easily operated means for holding thetruck stationary when it is de- I sired to prevent movement ofthe same A further object of the invention is to provide a truck of this character adapted to be compactly foldedwhen not in use to enable it to be conveniently carried in an automobile or othermotor vehicle.

With these and other ob ects in view, the

I invention consists in the construction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended; it being understood that various changes'in the form, propor-- tion, size and minor details of construction, wlthin the scope of the claims, may be re.- sorted to without departing from the'spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention. I

. In the drawings :Figure 1 is a perspec-' tive view of a foldable truck, constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2is a transverse sectional view ofthe same. Fig.

3 is a reverse plan view. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal. sectional view, illustrating the construction for holding the truck stationary.

Fig. 5 is an end elevation, the truck being folded. Fig. 6 is a detailsectional view, illustrating the construction for preventlng the sections of the body from folding when the truck is in use. Fig. 7 is a reverse plan .view, illustrating another form of the invention.

Like numerals of reference designate cor-' responding parts in all the figures of the drawings. I

In the accompanying drawin in which is illustrated the preferred embo ent of the invention, 1 designates the body of the .truck, approximately rectangular and divided longitudinally into twofoldable sections, and composed of longitudinal slats or bars 2 and transverse connecting bars 3, divided at the center intotwo side sections, which are connected by hinges 4 secured to the lower faces of the sections of the transverse bars and adapted to permit thebody together, as illustrated in Fig. 5 of the drawings. The transverse connecting bars have slightly curved upper faces to receive. the slats, which .present'a concave upper face to the person lying upon the truck.

The slats "or bars are extended at one end of the body to'form a narrow extension of a width less than that of the truck and supporting a head rest 6 which is adapted to receive the head or neck of a person lying upon the'truck. The head rest, which eX- tends transversely across the outer portion Patented Mar. 23, 1915.

- of thetruck to break at'the center and fold of the extension 5, is padded at the upper face and preferably covered with leather, but it may be upholstered with any suitable material and may be constructed in any desired manner.

The lower face of the head.

rest is fiat to fit the extension, and it is pro.-

.vided at its end portions with pins or studs body ofthe truck is folded, as clearlv illustrated in Fig. 5 of the drawings. The recess 12 is arranged at the outer side of the reduced terminal 9, and-the recess 13 is arranged. at the inner side of the reduced end 10, the reduced terminals at one side of the body being located opposite the recesses at the opposite side. By this arrangement, the

sections of the truck fit snugly together when the body is folded. Thecasters, whlch may be of any preferred construction, are equipped with wheels andenable the truck to move freely, in any direction.

In order to hold the truck stationary when desired, it is equipped at one side with parallel levers 14 constituting foldable legs and pivoted at an intermediate point by screws 15, or other suitable fastening devices to the adjacent ends of the connecting transverse bars, and connected at their upper ends by an operating bar 16, which enables the levers to be swung into and out of engagement with the supporting surface. The longitudinal operating or connecting bar 16 is pivoted at its ends by rivets 1?, or other suitable fastening devices to the levers 14;, which are rounded at the lower corners to enable them to be readily engaged with the supporting surface for elevating the adjacent side of the truck'to lift the caster wheels of such side clear of the supporting surface. The levers are adapted to be swung in either direction and the supporting or locking device may be mounted at either side of the truck.

The truck is preferably equipped at the opposite side with a slidabl'e tool box 18, provided with inwardly extending arms 19 fitted against the inner side faces 01' edges of the adjacent sections of the transverse connecting bars and provided with longitudinal slots 20, extending to the inner terminals of the arms and spanned by fastening devices 21, which retain the arms on nails 22,.or other suitable fastening devices embedded in and projecting horizontally from the inner side faces of the transverse connecting bars. The inwardly extending arms of the tool box fit against the lower faces of the adjacent longitudinal slats or bars, and they are preferably supported beyond the fastening devices 22 by lower fastening de vices 23, receiving the lower edges of the arms and assisting in supporting the tool box in its extended position. The slot and pin connection between the arms and the transverse bars support the tool box beneath the body of the truck and permit the tool box to be readily drawn outwardly to afford access to its contents. When the tool box is moved inwardly beneath the body of the truck, the adjacent slats cover the tool box and confine the contents thereof within 7 the same.

' In Fig. 7 of the drawings is illustrated another form of the invention in which the body of the truck is equipped with continuous transverse bars 24:, extending entirely across the lower face of the body and rigidly connecting the slats or bars 25. The casters 26, which support the truck, are secured centrally of the terminal portions of the bars 24. The central slats project beyond one of the transverse bars 2% to provide extension-'27, which supports a transverse head rest 28 fixed to the extension 2'? and extending across the upper face of the same at the outer end thereof.

The truck is equipped at one side with the locking device heretofore described and at the other side with a sliding tool box 18.

What is claimed is 1. A foldable truck of the class described comprising a body composed of longitudinal slats, and transverse connecting bars secured to said slats and divided at the center to form two sections, said bars being provided at opposite sides of the body with reduced ends having recesses, the recesses at one side of the'body being located in alinement with the reduced ends of the opposite side, hinges connecting the aforesaid sections, and casters mounted on the reduced ends of the said transverse bars and ranged to extend into the said recesses when the body is folded.

2. A truck of the class described including a. body, wheels located beneath the con ners of the body and supporting the same, and a locking device arranged at the side of the body and composed of levers pivoted at a point intermediate of the ends to the same and having lower portions forming legs and adapted to project below the adjacent wheels to elevate the body, and a longitudinal operating bar pivotally connected to-the upper portions of the levers for simultaneously swinging the same.

In testimony, that ll claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signa ture in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM sir Witnesses PAUL Brcimns'rorr, CHAs. B. Rosters. 

